Boring machine



y 1942- N; E. MDRRISQN "2,284,336

BORING MAcI-IINE Filed April 26, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEYS y 4 N. E. MOQRRISON 2,284,336

BORING MACHINE i med April. 26, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS y 1942. E. MORRISON 2,284,336

BORING MACHINE Filed April 26, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 t -/V0a% rris071 ATTOR N EYS fowl 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENI'OR AT-TORN EYS N. E. MORRISON I BORING MACHINE Filed April 26, 1941 May 26; 1942,

Patented May 26, 1942 p 3 UNITED STATE 7 Bonnie MACHINE j Noah MorrisomProspect Park, Pa.

Application April 26, 1941, Serial No. 390,617

11 Claims.

My invention relates to the art of boring turbine casings and the like, {and includes among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved boring machine. r r

An object of my invention is to provide a boring machine having a novel tool action capableof performing a series of boring operations simultaneously inside a turbine-casing, in which novel means are incorporated for automaticallyadjusting the tools radially as a'function of tool rotation, and in'which means'are provided for facilitating accurate boring of a series of stepped diameters.

A further object of my invention is to provide a a boring machine having facilities for effectively supporting a turbine casing, for example, in

which the machine -embodiesa novel toolaction for boring variable diameters inside the casing,

and in which the machine includes a novel tool adjusting mechanism in the nature of a rotary mount for the boring'bar to which the boringtools are attached. 7

Another object is to provide a machine having a series of tools for boring a series of diameters inside a turbine casingyfor'example, in which the machine serves as ;a mount for. the work,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of invention, with certain parts broken awayfor the purpose of illustration, ;and a turbine casing il lustrated generally in dotted lines and in position on the machine;

Figure 2 is an end elevational viewillustrat;

ing one positionof the boring bar; I

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure Z butilIuSQ trating the 'boring bar in another position; v

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the lined-4 ofFigure 1; V v v a V V Figure 5 is a'sectional view taken along'th line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 isv a sectional View line 6-45 of Figure 5; s

Figure '7 is a View of some 'of the tools and their respective boring bar mounts, with one mount shown in section;

Figure 8 is a sectional view along the line 8-8 of Figure 2; g

Figure 9 is a plan view of the tool setting jig;

Figure 10 is a side view of the jig;

Figure 11 is a sectional view'taken along the line H-H of FigureQ; and 1 4 taken along the Figure 12 is an end view of the jig.

In the embodiment selected to illustrate-the invention, the boring bar i0 is supportedby two stands II and I2, these stands and their associated structures being identical'in construction and operation so that the description of one hereafter will also apply to the other. A turbine casing to be bored is indicated generally in V dotted lines [3. This casing is mounted on necks l4 and l5.of cam Zhousings l6 and H respectively located at the upper'ends of the'stands ll and 12. While the necks illl and l5 project into openings [3 in the casing [3, such casings are split and may be bolted together after placement on v the necks. H

Each cam housing It and I1 includes sections l9 and 20; the latter being cast integrally with its respective stand, while the section I9 is made 7 secureby stud bolts 2| secured in "the fiange22 of the section 20 and passing through 'corre-- sponding openings in the flange 23'on the section iii. The necks [4 and I5 are respectively cast integrally with cup-like plates 24 having flanges 25 bolted at 26 to the flanges 21 of the respective housings l6 and I1. Both plates 24 and the 'necks i4 and 15 are split in conformity'with'the respective housings.

In Figures land 5, a feed cam 28 is bored eccentrically at 29 to'fit the boring bar l8. A .sscond cam 30 is bored eccentrically at3l to fit over the feed cam 28, the latter being" keyed at 32' to the boring bar H]. The feed cam 28 may be rotated relatively to the second cam 38, and, since the feed cam is keyed to the boring bar 10, rotation of the boring bar imparts rotary motion to the second cam. 'A bearing sleeve 33 fits inside the housing l6 and rotatably supports the boring bar I0.

At-the inner end of the second cam 38 is provided a flange 34 fitting an inner .groove35'at. the end of the bearing sleeve 33. In the same way, the feed cam '28 is provided with a flange 36 fitting an inner groove 31 in the adjacent end of thesecond cam 30. All three inner ends of the respective feed cam 28, the second cam 38, I and the bearing sleeve 33 terminate in a com mon plane, and are engaged by a retaining flange i1 38 on a collar 39 having threaded connection at 40 with the bearing sleeve 33. Thus the flange .38 restrains the feed cam 28 and the second cam '38 from relative axial movement, as wellas with respect to the-bearing sleeve 33.

Relative movement between the bearing sleeve .33 and the housing It is prevented .by reason of ;a retaining collar 4| having threaded conneci ii i tion at 42 with the bearing sleeve and engaging one end of the housing for clamping the other end of the housing against the collar 39.

A tool bar 43 is connected with the boring bar In through themedium of a plurality of toolbar supports 44. Figure 4 illustrates one of the supports 44 in section on the boring bar 10. This bar includes an arm 45 keyed at 46 to the boring bar. A cap section 41coacts with the adjacent end of the arm 45 to provide a bore48 for the reception of the boring bar, and the cap section 41 is fixedly secured to the arm by bolts 49; All

' the arms 44 are identical in construction.

gular alignment of the setting stops 12 with respect to the axis of the shaft 61. All the carriers may be adjusted longitudinally of the axis of the'shaft 61 on the body 10 so that the desired relative spacing between the respective setting stops 12 may be secured in accordance with the dimensional requirements of the particular turbine casing to be bored.

Each of the setting stops 12 is provided with a side face 13 against which one side of a tool 53 is engaged and an end face 19 against which the end of that tool 53 is engaged. The tools 53 are carried by the tool bar 43 to which the arms The arm of ure 4 is provided with faces 50 and 5| respectively engagin with one face ]5 and an edge of the tool bar 43, and the opposite,

edge 52 of the tool bar is arranged at "a' slight angle to the axis of the boring bai'Tlfl, more 'or f '1 less in conformity with the general taperiof the l turbine casing. A plurality of tools 53 is secured to the tool bar 43,1- all theseltools having identical mountings; f: s

In the ptool engaging face- 54 of the tool bar 43 is-fashionedtwo TIT-slots :55, which parallel the'axis of the boring ban; Each tool 53 fits snugly in ahousing56 which is clamped against the'face 54.. Bolts 51 pass through fopeningsin flanges 58 on the housings 56 and are threaded,

intonuts 59 in the T-slots 5,5 for fixedly securing housings. All the housingszmay be, shifted Ion-1 gitudinally on the to,ol.bar-43"to secure the desiredrelative spacing of thetools 53. Two set screws 60 are threaded into each housing 56 for clamping its respective tool 53 to the tool bar 43, and an adjusting screw 6| is also threaded into the end wall of the housing for engaging the inner end of the tool. Thus the tool may easily be adjusted radially'of the boring bar axis, while the set screws anchor the tool in a firm manner and the adjusting screw 6| provides an efiectivebacking for the tool. Bolts 62 fixedly secure-each arm 45 to the tool bar 43.

A jig means is provided for accurately preset-- ting the tools 53 before the arms 45 and the tool bar 43 are placed in position on the boring bar.

l0. ,Thisspermits the tools to be precisely set to the structural demands of a given turbine casing without the aid of the casing imply' setting up the jig in accordancewith the dimensions given on the blue print and-lthen setting thetools 53 to the jig and transferring thev arms 45, the tool bar 43, and the tools 53 as a preset assembly tothe boring-bar Ill. I

Figures 9 through 12 illustrate the jig for presetting the tools 53.. This jig. includes a frame 64 having short supporting legs 65. 66 is providedfor a shortmaster shaft 61 corresponding to the boring bar ID. The bearings'66 are provided with removablelcap sections 68 and heldinplace by bolts 69. 1 1 ,1 ,One end of the frame 64 is: provided with a body 10 provided with'two'T-slots'll paralleling the axis of the shaft 61. Setting stops 12 are mounted, on the body 10 through the medium of bolts 13 having-,theinheads disposed in the'T- slots 1-1.. The settingstops .12 are'slotted at 141 A bearing tatably "mounted in the '45are connected in the same manner as with th'e' bori'rig bar I0 in the turbine casing. While Figure.9 shows the two arms 45 only connected withth shaft-61, all the arms are connected i therewith-for tool setting purposes. The arms 45 f t the shaft 61 in the same manner as the boring bar l0: 'Thus the arms 45, the tool bar '43, and the tool 53 are associated as an assembly in the same manneraswhen boring. the turbine casing,

with-the jig employedfor accurately settin'gthe tools 53 with respect to relative spacing'and with respect to their radial distances from the axis of theshaft61; g

V After the tools 53 have been properly set in the jig 63, the arms'45 are disconnected from V.

about the axis of ,the'bearing sleeve 33,and the feeding adjustment for the tool '53 is secured throughirelative rotation, of thefeed cam 28 insidejthe second cam 30.: The tools 53, the tool bar 43, and the arms 45are connected 'as a fixed unit on the boring :bar I 0. The cutting action of the tools 53 is concentric with respectlto the axis of the bearing sleeve 33, inside which the second cam '30,rotates, with the 'feed': cam 28 keyed to the boring-bar"). v

Means for "imparting relative rotation tothe fee'dcam ZB withLrespect to the second cam 30 comprises a'worm gear Bilbolted at 8| to the feed cam 28. Each feed cam 28 is provided with a worm gear so that the description or one will apply to both cam housings l6 and I1 7 In Figure 1, worm 62 is in. mesh with the worm. gear 80 and rotatably journaled in a bracket 63 fixedly secured to the secondcam 30. The 'worm" 82 is keyed to a'shaft 84 which'isro- 83. To one end of theshaft 84is keyeda ratchet wheel 86 engaged by a pawl- 8,1, see. Figure 8,

I slidably guided in a"bore 88in an arm w re for accommodating the bolts .13, and carriers 15 are, interposed between the respective; setting stops 12-and the bodyx10.: These carriers are grooved at 16, see Figure 12, for snugly receiving the respective setting stops.

The bolts 13 extendthrough openings inthe carrier 15,;and the latterare slidably keyed to the body 10 bya key 11 paralleling thejaxis of 1- the shaft 61: Figure9 illustrates the right an:- x

yoke 99, se rigures 2 {and 3, {having .itsarm; as andits other arm pi ot on the shaft 34.

' In Figure 8, a compression spring 92 engages the pawl}! for yieldingly "urging; the pawl against the ratchet wheel 93 to the shaft 84.

Each yoke has an arm which aroller- 94 mounted; for engagement with-:a-cam 95. The rollers 94 t are; yieldingly pressed into engagement with the respective cams 95bytension springs 96 and connected with the second cam 30 and pin 91 secured to the yokes 90. The rollers 94 are arranged to simultaneously engage their respective cams 95 once during each rotation'of thesecond cam;30 in the bearing-sleeve 33. As

the rollers 94 engage their respective 'c'am's19,5,'j

ears 85v of; the bracket 86,lw hich'is keyed at t ratchet the pawl 9! imparts rotation to the wheel 86. 7

Since the ratchet wheel 89 is keyed to the.

shaft 84, rotation of the ratchet wheel'imparts corresponding rotary motion to the worm 82,

which in turn imparts rotation to the feed cam.

which carries the worm 82, is fixedly secured to the second cam 39. Relative rotation'between the feed cam 28 and the second cam 39 imparts a slight lateral shift to the boring bar I9, which shift determines the feeding action of the tools 53. Thus the tools 53 have cutting action concentric-ally about the axis of the bearing sleeve 33, but once during each rotation of the second cam 39, relative rotary motion is imparted to the feed cam 28 and the second cam 39 for advancing the tool 53 a slight distance in accordance with the rotation of the worm 82.

Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the lateral shift of the boring bar I9 during the progressive relative shift between the feed cam 28 and the second cam 39- The cams 95 are so fashioned as to pivot the yokes 99'away from the stands II and I2, and, as the rollers 94 pass over the high points of their respective cams 95, the springs 99 pivot the yokes 99 in opposite directions. The pawls 81 yield during pivotal motion of the yokes 99 in said opposite direction so as not to impart reverse rotation to the worms 82.

Means are provided for precisely adjusting the respective cams 95. Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the adjusting means for one of the cams 95, and both adjusting means are of like construction. The cam 95 of Figure 6 includes two spaced plates 95 lying on bed flanges 91 cast integrally with the strengthening rib 98 of the stand II. Both plates 99 are slotted at 99 for accommodating bolts I99 threaded into the bed flanges 91 for fixedly securing the plates 95- in a position on the bed flanges.

Each of the bed flanges 9! includes a flange I9I into which an adjusting screw I92 is threaded for end engagement withone of the plates 99. Thus the cam' 95 may be adjusted in a horizontal planeby unloosening the bolts I99 and adjusting the screws I92. Accordingly, the cams 95 may be accurately adjusted one with the other for simultaneous coaction with the tWo rollers 94, in addition to varying the cam throws so as to secure precise pivotal action of the two yokes 99. 7 Both stands II and I2 are provided with base plates I93 having openings I94 for the accommodation of bolts Which may be utilized to firmly anchor the two stands to a floor or other supporting structure. Each arm is keyed at I95 to the tool bar 43.

The openings in the necks I4 and I5 are of sufiiciently large diameters to accommodate the necessary lateral shift of the boring bar I9.

Having thus described certain embodiments of my invention in detail, it is, of course, understood that I do not desire to limit the scope thereof to the exact details set forth except insofar as those details may be defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A boring machine for turbine casings comprising two spaced stands having coaxial bearings; means on said stands for supporting the turbine casings therebetween; a tool carrying boring bar extending throughsaid bearings; eccentric means operatively connected with said boring bar to be rotated thereby and rotatably supported in said bearings. for supporting the boring bar and imparting a lateral shift thereto through relative-shifting of the eccentric means;

relatively fixed cam means; and-means acting on. said relatively fixed cam means and said eccen-' tric means for relatively shifting the latter'during rotation thereof.

2. A boring machine comprising two; spacedstands having coaxial bearings; means on said stands for supporting work therebetween= concentrically of the axes of said bearings; a' tool carrying boring barextending through said bearings; eccentric means operatively connected with said boring bar and rotatably supported in'said bearings for supporting the boring bar and imcarrying boring bar extending through said bearings; eccentric means operatively connected with said boring bar and rotatably supported in said bearings for supporting the boring bar and imparting a lateral shift thereto through relative rotation of the eccentric means; relatively fixed cams; and means respectively carried by said eccentric means and actuated by said fixed cams for imparting relative rotation to said eccentric means.

4. A boring machine comprising two spaced stands having coaxial bearings; tubular necks on said stands for supporting work thereon; a tool carrying boring bar extending through said tubular necks and said bearings; relatively rotatable eccentric means respectively keyed to said boring bar and rotatably supported in said bearings for supporting the boring bar and imparting a' lateral shift thereto through relative rotation of said eccentric means; coacting gear means respectively mounted on said eccentric means for imparting relative rotation thereto; and means for engageable with said relatively fixed cams at predetermined intervals for imparting relative rotation to the feed cams and the sleeve cams and V lateral movement to said boring bar.

6. The invention described in claim 5 wherein said second mentioned means comprises gears fixed to the respective sleeve-like cams and worms meshing therewith and mounted on said feed cams; and arms having ratchet connections with said worms and arranged in the paths of said fixed cams.

7. The invention described in claim 5 wherein a tool bar is fixedly connected with said tool carrying bar; and a plurality: oi mountedon said tool bar. 1

radially therefrom; a tool bar mpunted on said arms crosswise thereof;,and 'a plurality of tool:

tools adj ust ablyv mounts adjustably mounted on said toolbar and arranged for positioning the respective tools at.

variable effective cutting of the tool bar.

9; The invention described in claim 5 wherein distances from the axis said first mentioned means comprise tubular necks having inside diameters proportioned toaccommodate lateral shifting of said boring bar.

I Q 10. The invention described in claim' 5fwherein said second mentioned means comprise worm gears fixed to :said feedcams and worms ;meshing therewith and mounted on said sleeve-like cams;

spring tensioned arms havingratchet connections with the respective worms and arranged in the paths'of said relatively fixed cams; and adjusting meansjfor said relatively fixed cams.

11;. The invention described in claim 5 wherein said bearings comprise sectional housings; and wherein said first mentioned means comprise sectioned plates having split necks for supporting arranged concentrically of i said the work and bearings. v a l V NOAH E.- MORRISON, 

